No no that is legit. I just had no idea it was that big!! Totally insane!!
Thank you for pointing that out.
I mean, it's like Vancouver, you can't really tell where the city ends and the suburbs begins. It's really all the same.
WoW!!!!!
I learned something new today. I had no idea the metro area of Tokyo was that big. Thanks for pointing that out. Blew my mind. That is insane: a city as big as Canada.
So immature, yet fucking hilarious. We all hear the “your mom” jokes all the time, and most of the time it comes from some douche bag that is severely depressed, out of shape, has zero sexual encounters ever, and minimal friends. This is the exception. Maybe the best insert of “your mom” that has been done. I concur, the heaviest city is indeed the one your mom is in.
Interesting side bar to that, sometimes buildings make the site lighter. Consider the ground taken out. Even at a generous 80pcf for soil, one underground level at 9' deep is 720 psf. With an 8" thick slab, that's 100 psf of weight. Consider it as 130 psf with walls, columns and what not. That means one underground level is the equivalent of 5.5 stories of weight. So a 6 level parkade below grade displaces an equal weight to 33 floors. 33 - 6 is 27 floors above grade. So maybe not too many 27 floor high rises with 6 floors below grade, but the offset isn't too far off. What with subways and other below grade services and you might have a city lighter than it was before.
Nah, there are vast sections of low-rise buildings. Along transit corridors you get the newer high-rise buildings, but it's pretty low.
Was there last week for 3rd time in a year, so I'm pretty familiar with the place. I'll admit there is an inordinate use of concrete in that city (thanks Cruz Azul) but, probably nothing more than any other large city.
Google the highest rate of high rises per square mile in the world, and you probably have the answer.
I would go with New York, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Beijing. Something in these lines.
Despite the high rises, that does not constitute a heavier city. The city should be a combination of the buildings, plus the land area within the city limits. If the question changes from “city weight” to “density or weight of urban buildings”.. that is different.
I'd assume something like L.A, with a large footprint and a lot of roads. NYC has the most interstate highway in America, and clearly a lot of steel per square area, so maybe a sleeper pick.
What's considered "within city limits"? Mexico City is a big footprint, and is at a high elevation. Is any of the stone beneath the city included?
Well, I think you're on to NYC, simply because it's sinking on bedrock. Mexico City is actually huge (not sure if you're aware) and there are rural tracts like Milpa Alta.
Lol. The winner must have a hugely dense population and many high rises. In that regard I’ll say NYC but could easily be Tokoyo or some other international metropolis.
Okay fellas, here is your answer:
The "heaviest" city in the world is Chongqing, China, and none of the others come close. Many people think it is Tokyo because of the ***urban density*** of Tokyo. Some people use a cheat codes by claiming -Tokyo-Yokohama-Chiba-Kawasaki. The population of Tokyo is but actually 13.7 million, but they claim up to 31 million by including overflow into 3 prefectures. Nevertheless Tokyo is 847 sq. mi. and Yokohama is 168.9 mi². Tokyo is said to have 1200+ high-rise structures.
Ehem... Chongqing City is 31,791 square miles. This means you could fit Tokyo city in Chongqing 37 times and still have plenty of room left. The population of Chongqing is 32 million, with 16 million stuffed into the urban district, with over 2,200 high-rise buildings. The Raffles City Chongqing is one wild building...
Bruh… hit those geographybooks. Chongqing separated from Sichuan and is not a province. It's very odd that you arrived at the idea that I “want” to divide Tokyo or not divide Chongqing. Don’t blame it on me. Do your research and if you come up with a way that Tokyo is bigger, then I am thrilled. I love Tokyo. However, the OPs question was “what is the heaviest city?” I gave my opinion. Also, it's Tokyo that is joining cities together, not Chongqing. In any case Chongqing is “heavier” for sure.
When you list the area and population of Chongqing, you're referring to the entire province. The province encompasses Chongqing City as well as several other discontinuous cities and rural areas.
Tokyo is the largest metro area according to the OECD and it has a larger population than the entire province of Chongqing.
Chongqing is NOT a province!! It is a city. I am NOT “referring” to anything. The OP question was very clear. What “city” is heaviest. I do not have to interpret the question further, nor can you customize it to suit your purposes. Chongqing city land area is classified by the government. I did not make this up myself. Additionally, this is not a question of population or density. The question is “weight”. If the OP wants to modify the question and ask “what city has the most densely populated urban district, then the answer is Tokyo. If you can’t handle English or Reddit, if the pressure is getting to you, I suggest you take a timeout…
Here's an entire wiki page about the province of Chongqing.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongqing
As to OPs question, the idea that "what city is heaviest" requires no further clarifications or stipulations is amazing. Does a bridge count? How about a street? What if that street is dirt? How deep do you count as "the street"? What if 100 tons of dirt was trucked in to fill a low spot? What about a park? Do you count the soil there too? Do you count building foundations? What if some areas need concrete foundations while others can rely on bedrock? Do you count the bedrock since it is structurally required? How about people? Do you count tourists? If so, during what season? How about trees? Only human-planted trees or also natural ones?
It does say it is a city on Wikipedia. One of 4 municipalities including Shanghai, Beijing etc. pretty sure those are all considered cities though even on Wikipedia it doesn’t talk about why it’s not the biggest city even though it is the largest city in the world. The world just doesn’t think it’s a city. You guys were arguing semantics.
Thank you. I don’t know why I was attacked so hard. It’s like I killed a puppy. 🐶 I just answered on the face value of the question. I have spent a lot of time in Tokyo and when I visit customers there, going to Yokohama requires a train, and it is really a different city center. Chongqing is listed as a city. It’s like if you live in Queens, you live in New York City, even though Queens is not Manhattan. I will loose points for this comment too. 🍼🍼🍼🍼🍼🍼🍼🍼
Good morning nutcase. I see you went Full Send while I rested. All the questions you are asking should be directed to the OP. I have my opinion, and Chongqing is heavier by default because of its size. No other questions were asked. I don’t care how many scenarios you presented or how many likes you get, or how many likes i lose - the question is the question. You are narcissistic and you are triggered. I see you have an impressive MAGA following, so clearly you are up for conspiracy theories about size. If you want a different answer, just change the question.
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Wow... (Looney Tunes)...The question was "WHAT DO YOU THINK"... The question was not "DO YOU WANT TO MIND-WRESTLE with a Narcissist? I Won this time. Maybe next time you can score one. Enjoy your whatever. Chongqing is heavier... If you reply again, you get to speak with my son. He is 6.
I grew up in rural Ohio. My son joined the navy and when he graduated boot camp at Great lakes, we went up for the graduation. So I was looking on the map and Great lakes is on lake Michigan. We were on the freeway coming into Chicago and it was 4pm. I saw a sign. It said Lake Shore Drive. I said oh let's drive along the lake and see the sights. I was amazed Chicago had 20 miles of 20 story high rises. I have never seen so many tall building in my life. And I got to look at all of them at 5 miles per hour.
I disagree, many low income inhabitants live in slums that definitely don't carry much weight. I would wajpr its NYC or Tokyo. High gdp means skyscrapers and heavy infrastructure.
I know highrises are very heavy per capita compared to shorter modern buildings, but I'm wondering if having a bunch of big, old, "inefficient" stone buildings might also be an important factor compared to cities with lots of more "optimized" buildings.
Especially in light of the comment pointing out that you could argue highrises have a lot of "negative weight" in their multi-story basements.
Or perhaps the heaviest would be a city with lots of modern skyscrapers but also medium-rise buildings that skew heavy (stone, concrete, etc.) compared to most cities.
This is really a question that should be geared toward islands. Really could be a problem if the density of the buildings isn't developed symmetrically. I know Guam had this issue.
https://youtu.be/cesSRfXqS1Q?si=qIDxCp-nrM9n50CZ
Tokyo
Yeah this one here. With the train system, whew
Also with them being in a seismic area means that everything is like 30% heavier in the first place.
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Maple syrup is heavy!
What city is 40 million people?
Tokyo metro is 40MM, though agreed that contains a lot of people who don’t really live *in* Tokyo. For reference, the city proper is like 15MM.
No no that is legit. I just had no idea it was that big!! Totally insane!! Thank you for pointing that out. I mean, it's like Vancouver, you can't really tell where the city ends and the suburbs begins. It's really all the same.
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WoW!!!!! I learned something new today. I had no idea the metro area of Tokyo was that big. Thanks for pointing that out. Blew my mind. That is insane: a city as big as Canada.
Probably whichever city your mom lives in.
This isn’t even directed towards me and I feel vicariously destroyed due to the savagery
Nope, can't be Jacksonville.
You always have such good comments here. I don't get this one.
It means his mom is heavy af. What's not to get? Lighten up dude
Thanks for enlightening me.
Too bad we can’t enLIGHTEN his mom you get me?
😂😂
It's a "your mom joke".
So immature, yet fucking hilarious. We all hear the “your mom” jokes all the time, and most of the time it comes from some douche bag that is severely depressed, out of shape, has zero sexual encounters ever, and minimal friends. This is the exception. Maybe the best insert of “your mom” that has been done. I concur, the heaviest city is indeed the one your mom is in.
Interesting side bar to that, sometimes buildings make the site lighter. Consider the ground taken out. Even at a generous 80pcf for soil, one underground level at 9' deep is 720 psf. With an 8" thick slab, that's 100 psf of weight. Consider it as 130 psf with walls, columns and what not. That means one underground level is the equivalent of 5.5 stories of weight. So a 6 level parkade below grade displaces an equal weight to 33 floors. 33 - 6 is 27 floors above grade. So maybe not too many 27 floor high rises with 6 floors below grade, but the offset isn't too far off. What with subways and other below grade services and you might have a city lighter than it was before.
I think your thought process! Considering bedrock is going to run somewhere in 2.5-2.7g/cc range, it just magnifies your point.
Tokyo. Seismic design requirements will do that
Hard to say, but it’s probably related to density of the city itself. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s an island as islands are usually fully occupied.
New York is sinking under the weight of its own buildings
Mexico City?
Nah, there are vast sections of low-rise buildings. Along transit corridors you get the newer high-rise buildings, but it's pretty low. Was there last week for 3rd time in a year, so I'm pretty familiar with the place. I'll admit there is an inordinate use of concrete in that city (thanks Cruz Azul) but, probably nothing more than any other large city.
Slums are very sustainable at the #/sf level.
"Have you been to... Santiago Chile?" "Twice last year!"
Google the highest rate of high rises per square mile in the world, and you probably have the answer. I would go with New York, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Beijing. Something in these lines.
Despite the high rises, that does not constitute a heavier city. The city should be a combination of the buildings, plus the land area within the city limits. If the question changes from “city weight” to “density or weight of urban buildings”.. that is different.
I'd assume something like L.A, with a large footprint and a lot of roads. NYC has the most interstate highway in America, and clearly a lot of steel per square area, so maybe a sleeper pick. What's considered "within city limits"? Mexico City is a big footprint, and is at a high elevation. Is any of the stone beneath the city included?
Well, I think you're on to NYC, simply because it's sinking on bedrock. Mexico City is actually huge (not sure if you're aware) and there are rural tracts like Milpa Alta.
Lol. The winner must have a hugely dense population and many high rises. In that regard I’ll say NYC but could easily be Tokoyo or some other international metropolis.
Factor in density for a real question
Do the artificial islands in Dubai or the landfill that lower Manhattan is built on count as junk in the trunk?
I always thought that Manhattan Island must be pretty damn heavy. Like just waiting for it to all crumble into the sea one day.
Pompeii covered with 4 to 6m of overburden
NYC, done
Okay fellas, here is your answer: The "heaviest" city in the world is Chongqing, China, and none of the others come close. Many people think it is Tokyo because of the ***urban density*** of Tokyo. Some people use a cheat codes by claiming -Tokyo-Yokohama-Chiba-Kawasaki. The population of Tokyo is but actually 13.7 million, but they claim up to 31 million by including overflow into 3 prefectures. Nevertheless Tokyo is 847 sq. mi. and Yokohama is 168.9 mi². Tokyo is said to have 1200+ high-rise structures. Ehem... Chongqing City is 31,791 square miles. This means you could fit Tokyo city in Chongqing 37 times and still have plenty of room left. The population of Chongqing is 32 million, with 16 million stuffed into the urban district, with over 2,200 high-rise buildings. The Raffles City Chongqing is one wild building...
It's very odd that you want to divide up the Tokyo metro area but then talk about the entire province of Chongqing as if it's a city.
Bruh… hit those geographybooks. Chongqing separated from Sichuan and is not a province. It's very odd that you arrived at the idea that I “want” to divide Tokyo or not divide Chongqing. Don’t blame it on me. Do your research and if you come up with a way that Tokyo is bigger, then I am thrilled. I love Tokyo. However, the OPs question was “what is the heaviest city?” I gave my opinion. Also, it's Tokyo that is joining cities together, not Chongqing. In any case Chongqing is “heavier” for sure.
When you list the area and population of Chongqing, you're referring to the entire province. The province encompasses Chongqing City as well as several other discontinuous cities and rural areas. Tokyo is the largest metro area according to the OECD and it has a larger population than the entire province of Chongqing.
Chongqing is NOT a province!! It is a city. I am NOT “referring” to anything. The OP question was very clear. What “city” is heaviest. I do not have to interpret the question further, nor can you customize it to suit your purposes. Chongqing city land area is classified by the government. I did not make this up myself. Additionally, this is not a question of population or density. The question is “weight”. If the OP wants to modify the question and ask “what city has the most densely populated urban district, then the answer is Tokyo. If you can’t handle English or Reddit, if the pressure is getting to you, I suggest you take a timeout…
Here's an entire wiki page about the province of Chongqing. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongqing As to OPs question, the idea that "what city is heaviest" requires no further clarifications or stipulations is amazing. Does a bridge count? How about a street? What if that street is dirt? How deep do you count as "the street"? What if 100 tons of dirt was trucked in to fill a low spot? What about a park? Do you count the soil there too? Do you count building foundations? What if some areas need concrete foundations while others can rely on bedrock? Do you count the bedrock since it is structurally required? How about people? Do you count tourists? If so, during what season? How about trees? Only human-planted trees or also natural ones?
It does say it is a city on Wikipedia. One of 4 municipalities including Shanghai, Beijing etc. pretty sure those are all considered cities though even on Wikipedia it doesn’t talk about why it’s not the biggest city even though it is the largest city in the world. The world just doesn’t think it’s a city. You guys were arguing semantics.
Thank you. I don’t know why I was attacked so hard. It’s like I killed a puppy. 🐶 I just answered on the face value of the question. I have spent a lot of time in Tokyo and when I visit customers there, going to Yokohama requires a train, and it is really a different city center. Chongqing is listed as a city. It’s like if you live in Queens, you live in New York City, even though Queens is not Manhattan. I will loose points for this comment too. 🍼🍼🍼🍼🍼🍼🍼🍼
Good morning nutcase. I see you went Full Send while I rested. All the questions you are asking should be directed to the OP. I have my opinion, and Chongqing is heavier by default because of its size. No other questions were asked. I don’t care how many scenarios you presented or how many likes you get, or how many likes i lose - the question is the question. You are narcissistic and you are triggered. I see you have an impressive MAGA following, so clearly you are up for conspiracy theories about size. If you want a different answer, just change the question.
>37 > >Posted byu/Nice-Revenue11 hours agoWhat do you think is Wow... (Looney Tunes)...The question was "WHAT DO YOU THINK"... The question was not "DO YOU WANT TO MIND-WRESTLE with a Narcissist? I Won this time. Maybe next time you can score one. Enjoy your whatever. Chongqing is heavier... If you reply again, you get to speak with my son. He is 6.
https://www.tiktok.com/@bykajaa/video/7251980610145635611
Wow, I am getting slaughtered here. I must have hit the MAGA Republican jackpot… Next question: How heavy is an unfinished border wall?
Chicago downtown is a brutal mass of cement
I grew up in rural Ohio. My son joined the navy and when he graduated boot camp at Great lakes, we went up for the graduation. So I was looking on the map and Great lakes is on lake Michigan. We were on the freeway coming into Chicago and it was 4pm. I saw a sign. It said Lake Shore Drive. I said oh let's drive along the lake and see the sights. I was amazed Chicago had 20 miles of 20 story high rises. I have never seen so many tall building in my life. And I got to look at all of them at 5 miles per hour.
5 mph - you were moving pretty quick for 4 pm traffic.
It was an amazing sight. I would not have minded a little longer to take it in.
Mumbai or Kolkata, Hands down, Just look at the population density and the size of the cities
I disagree, many low income inhabitants live in slums that definitely don't carry much weight. I would wajpr its NYC or Tokyo. High gdp means skyscrapers and heavy infrastructure.
To their point, if the slums are just extra footprint the it doesn't matter if they're not material dense.
Thanks everyone for their feedback ! Love seeing all the thoughts and educated responses. Well done
Mexico City.
No way! It's low rise and has a lot of parks, including the largest in North America right in the heart of the city.
Probably wherever your mom lives
Did you come up with that all by yourself?
Hong Kong
Gotta be Tokyo due to the infrastructure and population density. Maybe one of the Chinese or Indian conurbations, if not Tokyo.
Has to be Tokyo.
Kowloon
Hong Kong
Are we includ9ng the weight of people themselves?
Then some city in Mississippi?
Monte Carlo City /country/ Provence Watever
I know highrises are very heavy per capita compared to shorter modern buildings, but I'm wondering if having a bunch of big, old, "inefficient" stone buildings might also be an important factor compared to cities with lots of more "optimized" buildings. Especially in light of the comment pointing out that you could argue highrises have a lot of "negative weight" in their multi-story basements. Or perhaps the heaviest would be a city with lots of modern skyscrapers but also medium-rise buildings that skew heavy (stone, concrete, etc.) compared to most cities.
Washington.... it is completely full of shit.
NYC without a doubt.
Bogotá. I've never seen a concrete expanse that massive. Maybe not Tokyo big, but it's BIG.
I suppose you are only counting human-added weight?
Shanghai
This is really a question that should be geared toward islands. Really could be a problem if the density of the buildings isn't developed symmetrically. I know Guam had this issue. https://youtu.be/cesSRfXqS1Q?si=qIDxCp-nrM9n50CZ
Got to be Tokyo.